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Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County
Capt. Dave Kostyo
December 26, 2003
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Friday (12/26/03) half day trip in the morning. Fernando Ramos, his cousin Nelson Garcia, and co-worker Luis Palma all from Miami wanted to catch their first sailfish. We bought pilchards and goggle eyes at Haulover Inlet and headed out. Half way through the first drift, the wind switched from NNW to NNE. After resetting, a friend who was fishing off the Sea Buoy gave me a call and said he had just released a sailfish. We ran south to just north of the buoy and put out our spread (pilchards on the flat lines and downrigger, and goggle eyes on the kite) of baits. In 102', a small dolphin tried eating our short kite bait and only succeeded in killing it. Shortly thereafter another dolphin ate the long bait and it was kept for dinner.
Back out to 200' and reset all the baits. The action began at 119' toward the north end of the anchorage area. A sailfish ate the long kite bait and gave it back to us on its third jump. At 115', another sail ate our short bait and this time Fernando was hooked solid to his first sailfish. Nelson was busy being the official photographer while Luis was giving moral support and moving rods out of the way as Fernando made several trips around the boat. The 6 1/2 foot sail posed for boat side pictures and was released as everyone was celebrating.
The last drift of the morning started in 130'. In 94', another sailfish attacked the long kite bait and it was Luis' turn to feel the fight of a sailfish. It took about 4 laps around the boat before the sail gave in to the pressure. We got another good close up look at a sail at boat side and released it.
The half day trip end way to soon for everyone. On the way back to Spinnaker Marina, the battles were fought again and visions of dolphin fillets for dinner were discussed by 3 happy anglers.
Captain Dave
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